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- proper noun The
personification ofdeath inBreton mythology .
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Examples
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When someone suddenly shudders for no apparent reason, people generally say that it is because the Ankou Death has just passed by.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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When someone suddenly shudders for no apparent reason, people generally say that it is because the Ankou Death has just passed by.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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When someone suddenly shudders for no apparent reason, people generally say that it is because the Ankou Death has just passed by.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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When someone suddenly shudders for no apparent reason, people generally say that it is because the Ankou Death has just passed by.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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There is no cycle for the number one, only the unique need, Ankou the bringer of death, the father of pain, nothing before, nothing more.
Madame Boucher Young Geoffrion 2009
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And this is what I learned to sing, that we sang together, as I wiped away Ghislaine's tears, or until I fell asleep in tears myself, dreaming of wild boar and grim Ankou, of sharp swords and standing stones.
Archive 2009-01-01 Young Geoffrion 2009
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There is no cycle for the number one, only the unique need, Ankou the bringer of death, the father of pain, nothing before, nothing more.
Madame Boucher Young Geoffrion 2009
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There is no cycle for the number one, only the unique need, Ankou the bringer of death, the father of pain, nothing before, nothing more.
Archive 2009-01-01 Young Geoffrion 2009
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There is no cycle for the number one, only the unique need, Ankou the bringer of death, the father of pain, nothing before, nothing more.
Archive 2009-01-01 Young Geoffrion 2009
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There is no cycle for the number one, only the unique need, Ankou the bringer of death, the father of pain, nothing before, nothing more.
Archive 2009-01-01 Young Geoffrion 2009
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